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  ANOTHER of the south’s oldest motor dealership names has fallen victim to the recession after Hampshire-based Wyatt group collapsed under the weight of £1m in debts.
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           <description><![CDATA[  BOSSES at Hampshire County Council are staying tight-lipped about their position on so-called City “superwoman” Nicola Horlick, pictured, who faces a shareholder rebellion over huge losses.
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           <description><![CDATA[  IT IS the end of an era for a major Hampshire employer today as more than 500 workers at the giant Ford plant will walk through the gates for the last time.
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           <description><![CDATA[  UPMARKET pub chain Bar Room Bar has closed its Southampton branch after it collapsed due to cash flow difficulties.
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           <description><![CDATA[  THE boards are about to go up in front of one of Hampshire’s most historic businesses after no buyer could be found for the ailing Dolphin Hotel.
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           <description><![CDATA[A group of county business leaders are so outraged by
the behaviour of the banks that they are setting up their
own.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[CASH-strapped council chiefs in the Test Valley were tonight set to recommend an inflation busting council tax increase of 4.5 per cent.]]></description>
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  BUCKETS of chicken, pizza and burgers now dominate the menu for penny-watching consumers as the recession proves that the UK is still a fast food nation.
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           <description><![CDATA[  CIVIC chiefs have pledged to help local firms get a slice of the £15m work to repair Southampton’s crumbling Civic Centre.
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           <description><![CDATA[  TEMPORARY “pop-up” shops are likely to take over some of the scores of empty shops in Southampton , according to a new council report.
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           <description><![CDATA[The devastating impact of the recession in Southampton is today revealed in a special Daily Echo investigation. The statistics have shocked even the city’s most optimistic leaders, who today conceded we are in serious 
trouble – and it’s going to get much worse.]]></description>
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           <title>A bleak snapshot of the city of Southampton</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[  THE Daily Echo can today lay bare the devastating impact of the recession on Southampton.
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